Wisdom, the sexaganerian Laysan Albatross and her mate are back incubating on Midway Atoll once morehttps://acap.aq/news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/wisdom-the-sexagenarian-laysan-albatross-and-her-mate-are-back-incubating-on-midway-atoll-once-more

13 December 2013 Wisdom the famous Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis of Midway Atoll in the North Pacific laid her latest egg on 29 November 2013 - exactly a year and one day since she laid her egg in 2012. Wisdom is thought to be the oldest banded wild bird in...

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• Author: John Cooper
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Short-tailed Albatrosses return once more to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and to Kure Atollhttps://acap.aq/news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/short-tailed-albatrosses-return-once-more-to-midway-atoll-national-wildlife-refuge

07 November 2013 Two Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus have returned to the USA’s Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the North Pacific. On 27 October 2013 on Eastern Island an adult male was found resting close to the site where he and his mate have...

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ACAP Breeding Site No. 37. Midway Atoll: Black-footed, Laysan and Short-tailed Albatrosses within a World Heritage Sitehttps://acap.aq/news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/acap-breeding-site-no-36-midway-atoll-black-footed-laysan-and-short-tailed-albatrosses-within-a-world-heritage-site

06 July 2013 A satellite view of Midway Atoll showing its fringing reef and Sand (the larger) and Eastern Islands Photograph from WorldView-2, DigitalGlobe Midway Atoll is one the USA’s North-western Hawaiian Islands. Made a National Wildlife Refuge in 1988 it...

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The Pacific Seabird Group’s 40th Annual Meeting has been hearing about albatrosses and petrels this weekhttps://acap.aq/news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/the-pacific-seabird-group-s-40th-annual-meeting-has-been-hearing-about-albatrosses-and-petrels-this-week

21 February 2013 The Pacific Seabird Group has been holding its 40th Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. this week. Abstracts of presented papers (both oral and poster) are available for reading on line. A list of those presentations that consider ACAP-listed or...

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• Author: John Cooper
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A streak of a year: highlights of albatross and petrel conservation in 2012 revisitedhttps://acap.aq/news/news-archive/2012-news-archive/a-streak-of-a-year-highlights-of-albatross-and-petrel-conservation-in-2012-revisited

30 December 2012 A personal challenge in 2012 has been to post a daily news item to ACAP Latest News. This story is the 365th of the year so the self-imposed daily streak* has been achieved. Now is a good time then to look back at the highlights of a years' worth of...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: 2012 News Archive

The translocated Short-tailed Albatrosses on Mukojima have produced their first egg!https://acap.aq/news/news-archive/2012-news-archive/the-translocated-short-tailed-albatrosses-on-mukojima-have-produced-their-first-egg

06 December 2012 The site where Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chicks have been translocated to Japan's Mukojima Island over the last five years is kept under watch by a satellite-linked remote camera operated by NHK, a Japanese broadcasting company. The...

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Now we just need a male. Two female Short-tailed Albatrosses lay eggs in the same nest on Kure Atoll for the third year in a rowhttps://acap.aq/news/news-archive/2012-news-archive/now-we-just-need-a-male-two-female-short-tailed-albatrosses-lay-eggs-in-the-same-nest-on-kure-atoll-for-the-third-year-in-a-row

28 November 2012 There have been four Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus observed on Kure Atoll in the North Western Hawaiian Islands since the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) held its first winter field camp on the island...

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Midway Atoll's second Short-tailed Albatross chick fledgeshttps://acap.aq/news/news-archive/2012-news-archive/midway-atolls-second-short-tailed-albatross-chick-fledges

15 June 2012 The pair of Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus that have been breeding on East Island, part of the USA's Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the North West Hawaiian Islands, for the second year in succession have now successfully...

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Hawaiian Birds of the Sea Nā Manu Kai by Robert Shallenberger: a reviewhttps://acap.aq/news/news-archive/2012-news-archive/hawaiian-birds-of-the-sea-n-manu-kai-by-robert-shallenberger-a-review

17 February 2012 The USA's Hawaiian Islands in the North Pacific support breeding populations of three ACAP-listed seabirds, all albatrosses of the genus Phoebastria. Two of these species, the Black-footed P. nigripes and the Laysan P. immutabilis, have by far the...

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• Author: John Cooper
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News from the North Pacific: Laysan Albatrosses in pick-up trucks and on golf courses and a third Short-tailed Albatross visits the female-female pair on Kure Atollhttps://acap.aq/news/news-archive/2012-news-archive/news-from-the-north-pacific-laysan-albatrosses-in-pick-up-trucks-and-on-golf-courses-and-a-third-short-tailed-albatross-visits-the-female-female-pair-on-kure-atoll

06 February 2012 Not all the information on albatrosses and petrels that comes ACAP's way is perhaps worthy of its own story in ACAP Latest News. So from time to time I will run intriguing items of news together into a single story. Today's comes from the North Pacific...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: 2012 News Archive